Zandolit

Captivating, The Heart of a Woman

A Woman's Journey

Then the time came when the risk it took
To remain tight in a bud was more painful
Than the risk it took to blossom.
-Anais Nin


"I know I am not alone in this nagging sense of failing to measure up, a feeling of not being good enough as a woman. Every woman I've ever met feels it- something deeper than just the sense of failing at what she does. An underlying, gut feeling of failing at who she is. I am not enough, and, I am too much at the same time. Not pretty enough, not thin enough, not kind enough, not gracious enough, not disciplined enough. But too emotional, too needy, too sensitive, too strong, too opinionated, too messy."



"Whatever it means to bear God's image, you do so as a woman. Female. That's how and where you bear his image. Your femine heart has been created with the greatest of all possible dignities- as a reflection of God's own heart."

Stasi Eldredge

These quotes are the highlights of what I learned from the first chapter of this book. It is speaking to deep feelings and hurts in my heart and I felt such a freedom in realizing that God loves me and created me the way that I am. I am so excited to plunge ahead and learn and heal.

posted by Liz @ 11:08 AM